From single names to exotics

Headline: From single names to exoticsSource: EuromoneyDate: June 2001         Stephen Stonberg Credit derivatives lie at the heart of the structured credit market and nearly all credit derivatives are based on credit-default swaps. These instruments are often poorly understood by outsiders. But a plain-vanilla single-name credit-default swap is a very straightforward contract. […]

Headline: From single names to exotics
Source: Euromoney
Date: June 2001

       
Stephen Stonberg
Credit derivatives lie at the heart of the structured credit market and nearly all credit derivatives are based on credit-default swaps.

These instruments are often poorly understood by outsiders. But a plain-vanilla single-name credit-default swap is a very straightforward contract. The complications arise when the swaps are embedded in larger financial structures or are linked to more than one name.

A credit-default swap works like an insurance policy.







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